Dota 2
Medium Settings
Tested with AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D • DDR5-6000 MHz
Estimated frames per second (FPS)
Tested at Ultra High Settings
Valve's free-to-play five-on-five MOBA, running on Source 2 since the Reborn rebuild. After more than a decade of updates it remains relatively light by 2026 standards, but team-fight chaos and the Source 2 visual pass mean a modern GPU still earns its keep at high refresh.
How demanding is Dota 2?
Dota 2 uses Source 2's deferred renderer with no ray tracing or DLSS — frame rate is dominated by your CPU and RAM, especially during five-on-five team fights with stacked particle effects. Visual settings scale gracefully from low-spec laptops to high-refresh desktops, and the engine reliably hits triple-digit frame rates on any current discrete GPU.
What GPU do you need for Dota 2?
Our estimates put the RTX 5060 above 150 FPS at 1080p; an RTX 5070 or Radeon RX 9070 XT comfortably clears 200 FPS at 1440p; the RTX 5080 and RTX 5090 sit above 170 FPS at native 4K. For a 240 Hz or higher Dota build, pair any EMARQUE gaming PC with a strong CPU — Dota leans on the processor more than the GPU.
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